Telegram-herald., 1887-04-11
EoYER IND foorLlGnrS.


These after Easter nights ar TO furnish
much music for ns. 6ilmofe's splendid
band filled the stage q, Powers last even
ing, and = great audience, IN which ih'
bright ht-hued Faster bonnels mere coDspieu
ous. filled the auditorium. Once veal
this splendid musical organization visits u:
but should the Interstate commercs
idsocy fail of repeal. we may not expecl II
hereafler--bFing.ns win it memories ol
glorious Summer nights By the sounding
sea Year by year the little round bald SPOT
OF the back Of Pat Giimores bead
grows larger. and year by year has
ruusic grows dearer 10 our hearts
The programme last night was BIZ heayse;
than usual, because the concert was 4
sacred one, you know. By tee way. was
there ever a really cool co1.ceri that WAS MOI
sacred If Music be Divine. why not
szcredf However. Gilmore quite kept his
word aud the programme showed rs such
selections as Rossi1is ''Stabat Mater. a
selection from Meyer5eer's Prophet" the
Angel SereDade. and the Haiieiuiah
chorus from Handel's Messiah. while The
prima donna sang Gounods ave Maria. +"
The concerted pieces weFe--it goes without
saying-magnifcen rendered and the
soioists were encored and encored.
for there were hundreds Is
the audience that packed the theatre
from orchestra TO gallery rail who had not
been 10 an entertainment for forty days
and forty nights, and they felf ike applaud
ing ever ything. Signor RaGayaio' enpaon-
iun solo was greatly enjoyed by the more
discriminating but when Fred Lax. IN res
ponse TO an encore on bis dute solo, began
10 blow a Yankee Doodle with SORT OF
q ioo;s.eps-in-the-sand accompaniment. IL
showed the director what his audience
wanted Mr.. Bent got lively encore for
his lost Choru" Oh the coronei, and res
porded with Nearer Ny God 10 thee but
Herr Matus aroused the. enthusiasm Of
everybody with bis petit clarioDet
solo. Miss Letiiia Fritch was down for
but one number and responding 10 an en-
core sang Sweetheart" and sang il inn
measursbly better than she did last year
An enthusiastic recall brought her back
and she gracefully sang Comm Through
the Rye giving the words as they were
written which is something IL hear Alright
that not one vocalist ia a thousand does.
The bonnie Fritch has some very sweet
high notes she sings vivaciousiy and with
o magnetic manner and she has an arm and
III ,ulder that kptisha or Lzngtry well
might envy. Miss Fritch may consider
herself we'll established favorite here.
Now. Gilmore. get TO the lady's chamber
and make her laugh at this. 1r. Lefere's
ssxaph0ne solo was delightful. Among
the selections by the band which deserve
particular mention, were the grand fan
fasie on Gilmore's anthem Columbia. and
The Romonzs The First heart TArob."
Gilmore and his uniformed boys from
Fatherland are always welcome in Grand
Rapids.
suppose nuudrs..s of people were IS
much sa ocked a. was Yesterday uorpine
when TIE United Press infoissed as that
John p Raymond was dead. ~ THE wsy
The TELEsRsN- HFaAII was the only paper
in M.ebiesn - give this important
rssferaav. Cav. light-hesrssd, unique
KAynond. 6eai4l. jolly old Ssaf Even
hefe In Grand isap1ds Re bad
= ,iozen quite intimate friends. who viii
surely miss bin md what Il true of this j.
true u every city IN the country and yes
:he.e terso1al friends are bat titbe of the
grsaf rubiic who knew hi- a. Colonel
ssiisrs. Alas poor Raymond Re is gone
bsfore he feallzej DIS many schemes Hffh
uilllions in. NJ uore gsmes u draw, NJ
nlose u1alc,rna silver dollars on iAis hig
nonrd stage 1ohn = gone afst v't re SIN
cs.relv rnonrnel b msry trs.as fhe Fo6ag
wife and lstfse ooe. The cowt3ian vas
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